pressure cooker

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This year’s UConn team shows just how well a team can respond when they are handpicked for his pressure cooker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

She’d been raised on the basketball court in that kind of pressure cooker, shouldering whatever burden was asked of her otherworldly talent.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

"This is a sector at risk...It feels like a pressure cooker at the moment."

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024

Because their stove and toaster and pressure cooker and imported spices were left behind in Nsukka, their meals were simpler too, and Ugwu had more time to play with her.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie